will-less
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It was reported that 70% of estates administered in court are will-less.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Why Gorki wanted to write 2,700 pages about this dull and will-less man is almost as great a mystery as the Moscow trials that disclosed a fantastic story of Gorki's death.*
From Time Magazine Archive
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These boys and girls were will-less, their speech flat, their gestures vague, their personalities devoid of anger, hope, laughter, enthusiasm, passion, or despair.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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The resistance met on account of currents and waves may be very great, but it is still that of a will-less and passive object.
From Pedagogics as a System by Brackett, Anna C. (Anna Callender)
Every rise of wages above a certain measure causes the employer to look to further improvements in his plant, calculated to substitute will-less, automatic mechanical devices for human hands and human brain.
From Woman under socialism by De Leon, Daniel